Published on: September 12, 2009 at 3:00 PM

Hurricane Frederic made landfall on this date in 1979 near the Mississippi/Alabama border.

THIS IS HISTORICAL INFORMATION FROM 1979.

There is a disturbance in the weather Gulf, but it poses no threat of becoming a hurricane.

I can remember JB reading this advisory on NOAA Weatheradio that afternoon:

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